fall of the cards
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Mechanically, Winnie North complied, and, in a silence broken only by the whispering fall of the cards, he dropped before Willa herself a king full, and at the erstwhile dealer's place, four damning eights.
From The Fifth Ace by George W. Gage
They could even hear the soft fall of the cards and Sylvia's musical laugh in the background.
From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
They sat down to play bridge in the little drawing-room, and pretended to be interested in the fall of the cards.
From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
Rules should be considered second to circumstances and to the fall of the cards.
From Bridge Axioms and Laws by J.B. (Joseph Bowne) Elwell
To Susan it seemed a little flat to sit here seriously watching the fall of the cards, deeply concerned in the doubled spade or the dummy for no trump.
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
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